Swimming-suit.



F. B. MASLEN.

SWIMMING SUIT.

APPLIUATION FILED MARES, 1909.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

flume? Y under the arms, and the trunks i2 retenu-T ernten.

OF MOllRLr, MYSSOUR l.

SWIMlVIINGsSUIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed March 23,*1909. Serial No. 485,272.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. MAS- iJEN, 'o citizen of the lUnited Statesoi Ainerj ica7 residing at Moberly, in the county of Randolph and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Swimming-Suits, of which the followingl is a specication.

This invention relates to swinnning"suits7 and one of the principal objects of the saine. is to provide a suit which will reina-in upon thc wea-rer without exposingr any pait of the. wea-rer under any conditions.

Another object ot the invention is vide o swimming suit in Awhich the trunks will he secured between an inner und :in outer layer of the shirtso that it' the outer layer should be turned up there would he no gap between the shirt and the trunks.

These :1nd other objects .may he attained by means of the construction illustrated iii the accompanying drawing' which is a l'ront. elevation and'partial section ,of :1 swimmingt suit made in ,Referring to the drawing, the nuinerfil'l to prodesignates the shirt portion ol' the swim-s` ming' suit, and 2 are the trunks.

At a point n un' the *nist line. inside ol the, shirt is a depending skirt port-ion 3 connected inside the ,i

shirt by n line of stitches' 4 extending entn'ely around inside the shirt. This skirt portion 3 extends down to a point sonier what above the lower edge of the shirt.

ln use, the. shirt 1 is placed upon the wearer, and the lower edge 5 of the shirt is thrown up are tllen accordance with my invention.

l put on. The waist hond of the trunks is l brought up to a line immediately under the senin et ol' the inner slirl' P), ftnd ai'tcr having' been secured in ithe shirt is pulled down to the condition i shown in the drawing.

A swinnner or hather wearing; :i swinnning suit n'nide in aecordniure with inf.' ii'ivention tion :3 coveringr the upper portion ol' t-he.

i rute the 'two garments.

My invention is simple. in construction, can he manufacture(l at low cost, is veriY elicient lor .its purpose and ran he readily put on and taken oil". f

The herein described swimming snitconiprising a shirt having' secured on the inside thereof near the. waist line a supplemental skirt extending' ,to a point near the bottoni of they shirt. in combination with a pair of g trunks secured between the inner skirt and l the outer portion ol'V the. shirt at a point near the seam which connects the inner shirt to the shirt. f

ln testimony whereol' Vlv .',rl'lix in yY signnture in presence of two witnesses.

g trunksy there is not such a tendene)v to sepai plsee. the outer portion ot cannot expose anwY port of his person, owing' 

